Kozhoukh
An eerie terrain elevation and remainder of a volcanic crater in the southeast fringe of the Strouma River plain, cut through by the winding river of Strouma. The remaining volcano parts soar up to a height of 200 m. Virtually, that natural formation is a typical extinguished volcano, identified as a landmark of nature under legal protection. Mineral water gushes at the village of Roupite; this is also the place where the Church of Sveta Pelka Balgarska (St Petka of Bugaria) is sited. A convenient point to approach the area of Kozhoukh is the General Todorov station of the railway line connecting Sofia and Koulata, a short way to the west.
Kremikovski Manastir Sveti Georgy Pobedonosets
(The 5t George the Victor Monastery of Kremikovtsi) Sited 4 km away of the Sofia ward of Kremikovtsi in Sofia, and some 19 km SE off the capital, established in 12th Century, the monastery has played a key role in the literary and cultural life of the 17th_18th centuries. An old church of the monastery has been preserved with lots of valuable wall paintings of the year 1493 and 17th_18th centuries. The Gospel of Kremikovtsi of 1497 was found here, now kept in a museum in Sofia.
Kresnenski Prolom (The Kressna Gorge)
A beautiful defile of the Strouma River, sited between the plains ofSimitli and Sandanski-Pertrich, and pressed by the mountains of Pirin and Maleshevska, the pass is roughly 25 km long. The motor road and railway line Sofia – Koulata, and the river of Strouma, all together breach their way through the defile to reveal astonishing views on both sides of the course. Eating, drinking and accommodation can be asked for at the Kresnensko kHanche (Kressna Inn). Worth seeing is the Monument to the Fallen in the Kressna-Razlog Uprising of 1878.
Kyustendil
The administrative centre of a district of the same name and town with a population of 49,919 residents is to be found 88 km SW of Sofia, 22 km off Gyueshevo and the Bulgarian-Macedonian frontier, beside the Sofia Skopije main highway in the SW fringe of the picturesque plain of Kyustendil, at an elevation of 500 m above sea. Average temperatures in the town vary between minus 0.8°C in January and 21.8°C in July.
In its time, the town sprang up as a Thracian settlement around mineral springs and later turned into the Roman town of Pautalia.
